Category: Politics

The Iron Lady: Could Filipinos have handled a leader like Margaret Thatcher?

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The Iron Lady: Could Filipinos have handled a leader like Margaret Thatcher?

Filipinos can only make wistful remarks about the greatness of the late former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who died yesterday aged 87. This is a lady who busted Britain’s paralysing unions, sent Her Majesty’s warships sailing thousands of miles south to take back the Falkland Islands from the Argentines, and stared down scores of…

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Culture, Politics, Society

Why Nancy Binay’s campaign is really no different to Noynoy Aquino’s 2010 presidential campaign

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Why Nancy Binay’s campaign is really no different to Noynoy Aquino’s 2010 presidential campaign

Well, ok, so lots of people are up in arms about the candidacy of Nancy Binay who, as the consensus amongst the chattering classes goes, has been deemed lacking in the needed chops to fill a Philippine senator’s seat. I wonder though how many of these armchair “activists” voted for current President Benigno Simeon “BS”…

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Media, Politics

Nancy Binay candidacy: Pinoy Political Success Is Relative

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Nancy Binay candidacy: Pinoy Political Success Is Relative

One child grows up to be Somebody that just loves to learn And another child grows up to be Somebody you’d just love to burn Mom loves the both of them You see it’s in the blood   Sly and the Family Stone. “Family Affair”   Dads will be dads and their little girls will…

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Tip of the iceberg: Manny Villar’s and JV Ejercito’s alleged secret offshore accounts

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Tip of the iceberg: Manny Villar’s and JV Ejercito’s alleged secret offshore accounts

The recent brouhaha over the linking of Senator Manny Villar and House Representative JV Ejercito to shady offshore corporations based in the British Virgin Islands is timely. The brouhaha surrounds a recent report published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) of revelations following a thorough international investigation conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based International…

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Civics, Government, Lifestyle, Politics

Do showbiz politics and ‘brown presidents’ make a good mix?

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Do showbiz politics and ‘brown presidents’ make a good mix?

Things haven’t changed much in Philippine politics despite efforts to impart upon Filipino voters the finer cognitive skills involved in choosing their leaders. Of course, it is really foolish to expect more from candidates like Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada and Jejomar ‘Jojo’ Binay… [Photo courtesy When in Manila.] Some people may express “shock” at such spectacular…

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Modern Idolatry and the Social Media

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Modern Idolatry and the Social Media

Two days after April Fools’ Day and I am still reeling in from the bitter truth that we are living in the days of a perpetual practical joke, with the general public being its perennial victims. Where jokes usually end in laughter, the Filipinos are on apparent overdose. It is a subtle and addictive substance…

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Culture, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Democracy in the Philippines and the victorious return of Joseph Ejercito ‘Erap’ Estrada!

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Democracy in the Philippines and the victorious return of Joseph Ejercito ‘Erap’ Estrada!

Funny when we recall how back in April 2001, Howie Severino wrote how just “months later” in the aftermath of a second Edsa ‘revolution’, deposed President Joseph Ejercito Estrada “was grimly posing for a mug shot in Camp Crame.” Then he was shown lying on a cot inside a cell with wire mesh windows. The…

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Politics, Society

Hallelujah I Have Seen The Light!

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Hallelujah I Have Seen The Light!

  Your perceptions will not change reality, but simply color it.   Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (2002)       I just had what alcoholics call a moment of clarity.   To think that once I could not see beyond the veil of our reality… to see those who dwell behind. I was once a…

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